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Cotton Patchwork, Crafty creations, Fun with fabrics, Hand quilted pillowcases, Re-purposing T-towels

Re-purposing T-towels into Pillowcases πΒ
Finally getting back on track…just before the month ends..so much disruption caused by introducing paint pots and the ‘good idea’ of redecorating throughout… At last I have access to my work space and computer back, so, time to catch up!! Our lovely daughter left me with a fun little project as she waved me goodbye after her stay with us at Christmas..”Mum…Please will you make these t-towels into pillowcases to match the ‘t-towel quilt we made a couple of years ago??..Thanks Mum!” WOW, was it really that long ago???and off she toddled… Now, I do remember making the quilt (couldn’t believe it was back in Sept 2014 though ;-/), which we did together, Β (see below)

Jen’s quilt!
My only requisite, was, to include as many of the same (or very similar fabrics, just the green had to be replaced with an alternative) to create a colourful border around the t-towel!! To my surprise I almost found all the very same fabrics, though there were only very small amounts left of each, even less of the purple cotton fabric, which would mean having an extra square in the colour run, rather than a border strip. Now all I had to do was sit down and give myself a maths lesson ;-( How many and what size squares/rectangles (yes rectangles to make up for the lack of width in one or two other colours, hopefully not too noticeable at the end) to make the border and what size to cut down the t-towels to???? With two t-towels to border I had to get this right first time as the limited fabric I had left of these colours just didn’t allow for a second chance PHEW…no pressure then ;-/

In my haste to sort out the fabricΒ colour’blocks’ (as I will refer to them despite their variations) I made a little error…of only measuring around the first t-towel scene, wrongly assuming…as it turned out HUMPFFF π¦ that this second t-towel image was printed ever so slightly smaller, I think my judgement assumed it was the same due to the fact that it is in a portrait rather than landscape picture! Excuses, excuses…yes I know… LOL…should have measured both!! It was only after I chopped off the bottom in line with the print line that I suddenly (and, thankfully) noticed the size difference….Arrghghgh, slight panic..If I chopped it down to the actual top print line, the whole size issue would raise it’s head again of fitting to a new overall measurement, so I had to add on a little of the white border

As you will see, not only did I work out the size of the t-towel, somehow, miraculously, I got a final complete run of colour blocks to go around evenly in number without extra in the repeat…Surely this meant all my planets had lined up that day :-D??? well initially YES, until…maybe one was out of line after I realised my simple misjudgement of the second t-towel
Having added some 2oz synthetic wadding to the square bordered panel and a backing sheet I hand quilted around the figures and then cross hatch quilted the rest of the panel, finally completing with cotton sheeting to create an envelope/pillowcase backing…
then I set to on the second t-towel repeating all steps, until…
Two cute little pillowcases to add to their snugly little quilt π
that#s too cute… and I’m sure this pillowcases come including the sweetest dreams :o)
Awww thanks so much…they certainly do, as well as lots of love in every stitch, can’t wait to give them to our daughter on our next visit π
Oh my how utterly sweet, Happy Moomin dreams to your ‘Dear Daughter’ glad the pressure wasn’t too intense, although I bet you beg to differ LOL
Aww thank you Mrs P π There were a few head scratching moments along the way but at least it resembles a pillowcase in the end π It’ll be a few more weeks until I get the seal of approval from dear daughter when she sees them π
She’ll love them take my word for it ~ how can I be so sure ?? because they were made by you ….oh and they have Moomins on them LOL
That’s a lovely comment Mrs. P Thank you xxx
you are so stinkin’ talented!! That is DARLING!! DakotasDen
That’s a lovely compliment to add to my random doodling techniques π Thank you so much !
Oooops moment LOL should have put my glasses on first π Hope my daughter likes them?!
Ooooooo… me likee! π
Thanks Sarah π Certainly not the straightest project on completion, but what the heck I’m sure our daughter will love them…they have Moomins in the middle!! and to be fair she did know the limited fabrics I had to work with to match up π
I’m sure she’ll be delighted. π
I do hope so Sarah…if not she’ll have a lot of unpicking and resewing to do herself lol π
Noooo! I can’t imagine anyone wanting to take apart any of your creations. And even if it wasn’t perfect (which I’m not agreeing with) she’d surely love it just because _you_ made it…
Thanks so much Sarah! I’m happy say, that I managed to contact our daughter and let her know of my imperfect woes, in her hectic life and relay my doubts over her liking them…..she assured me that “perfection isn’t required as long as I have made them into pillowcases they will be loved whatever…” PHEW π Now I can rest easier and you’re right of course!
“Perfection is not required” should be a motto for life, especially for the perfectionists among us. π Easier said than done though. I guess we can still aim for perfection but try not to be so hard on ourselves when we don’t get there.
….going back to a comment you may a while ago (having labels made for my crafty stuff) It could be the perfect thing to add!!
I love Moomins in general, and your cloth pictures are the sweetest interpretation I can imagine!
Thanks Joanna. To be truthful and fair I can only really take credit for adding a somewhat slightly wonky colourful border…the t-towel re purposing was my daughter’s idea, Though they are very cute and I’m sure they will get much snuggle time π
Superb Caren and you can explain it too!
Aw thank you so much! Hope your project goes well too π
That is so cute. I love the colors and the characters.
My daughter knew what she wanted…I just hope I’ve done it right…I’ll know in a few weeks time when I hand them over π
I think she will love them! I know I do.
Thank you so much π
How lovely and cute are these. Your daughter will be incredibly happy.
OMGoodness I do hope so Sue!! They may not look much but there was a lot of brain power put into them π
I can tell just by looking at them there’s a lot of brain power and love put into them.
Thank you Sue π
Aw! These are so cute. i know a few people who would love these π
Thanks You π
How utterly sweet and gorgeous! Yet again, you’ve not only risen to the challenge, but smashed it!
I’ll never be in any way the master of the cloth or achieve the sewing prowess you have, but, I truly do appreciate your lovely comment π Thank you soooooo much Sheila!
Oh my goodness! Those are so adorable. I just know your daughter will love them. π
Also, I’m so sorry I haven’t written lately. Things have been really topsy turvy the past couple of months which have nothing to do with the recovery of my back. If you were on Facebook you would see I have become an activist against the whole mess that is the Trump administration. I’ll write again when I can. Again, my apologies. xo
Thanks so much Jackie π
My goodness…sounds like that could keep you busy π
Absolutely! π